This Leaf Roller Pest Note, available via the link below, was posted on the IPM-L list on August 20.
Monthly Archives: August 2013
Forest Service, Alaska Region: High acreages of forest defoliating insects found in Alaska during the summer of 2013
Last week, the U.S. Forest Service, Alaska Region posted a news release on this season’s defoliation events (URI below).
http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r10/news-events/?cid=STELPRDB5433150
Rediscovered at last: a new enigmatic genus of Axymyiidae (Diptera) from western North America
Published June 26 in the journal Zootaxa, an unusual and undescribed genus and species of Axymyiidae known from a single specimen collected more than 50 years ago in Alaska is rediscovered in Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington.
Redoubt Reporter: Red alert, seeing yellow — Summer abuzz with stinging bugs
ADN: Invasive sawfly moves into Southeast Alaska
The article focuses on the green alder sawfly (Monsoma pulveratum) in southeast Alaska.
http://www.adn.com/2013/08/12/3020348/invasive-sawfly-identified-in.html
Big year for yellow jackets on the Kenai Peninsula
Anecdotal information points to an especially large population of yellow jackets on the western Kenai Peninsula this summer. I have been receiving calls and reports about yellow jackets, workers and nests seem to be everywhere, children are being stung on the nature trails around the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge visitor center, and Soldotna Trustworthy Hardware is out of wasp spray.
Kasilof resident Matt Bowser removing a nest of Vespula alascensis using a shop vac and shovel, 6.August.2013.
Kodiak Dialy Mirror: Cyclical insect infestation returns to Kodiak’s south side
I cannot read the article due to the website’s subscription requirement, but for those who have a subscription, I think the URI below should work.